Guardian Plumbing

Polished concrete floors are increasingly becoming the flooring choice of industry, commercial businesses and now homeowners. It’s not only because of the stunning looks, but the durability factor too, that is being recognized by the consumers and encouraging its applications.

A polished granite floor is in no way short of any finished floor and as such deserves to be treated in a similar fashion. They offer low resistance to chipping and scratching, and may get stained if not treated with one of the present day polishes.

It is imperative to maintain absolute cleanliness of such floors and the use of walk off mats at all entrances is a step in the right direction. Walk offs mats can have a dramatic effect on the long term maintenance of these floors by keeping sand and salt from being introduced to the floors.

Daily cleaning by a dust mop, preferably a micro-fiber mop, is very helpful to having  continually beautiful floors for a long time. If circumstances demand the use of a damp mop, it should be moistened with a neutral cleaner that may be procured from a home improvement or a janitor supply store and one doesn’t really need anything beyond that for cleaning of a polished concrete floor. But, mind you, the use of inappropriate cleaning agents can harm the floor and may cause it to lose its shine.

The floors of a large warehouse or an industrial unit can be effectively cleaned by making use of an large floor buffers that saves time. Now we have many manufacturing companies offering buffing pads with a range of different grits ingrained in them. That enables the floor owner to have shining floors once again in minimum time with least effort.

A very positive feature of floor tile scrubbers is that they are very easy to operate and not too heavy to be carried on back. They are easy and comfortable to push, and require little maintenance: you just fill with water and chemcals, and empty it after cleaning.

During normal cleaning only white pads should be used on the auto scrubber or buffer.

You need to determine w hat type of floor you have, before you start with the cleaning. There are surface sealed floors that do not require much maintenance, and if your floor is new, you probably have one of these already. You probably have a penetrating seal treated floor if you have older floor installed. You will need to apply more oils and wax to maintain this type of floor.

For cleaning hardwood floors, in the case of a surface sealed floor, you merely need to mop using a product recommended by your flooring manufacturer. You can use products that do not have any oil, like Oil Soap for example. For this type of flooring, one soap and one damp mop would be a safe solution. Make sure to dry the floor completely when you’re done, since sitting water can damage a surface sealed floor.

If you have a penetrating seal treated floor, you will not be able to mop with water-based products. You can instead use vacuum or sweep your floor. To deep-clean your floors, you will have to strip the old wax and apply the new coating from time to time. You can do this once or twice a year, if you like.

Manufacturers directions should be follower while using stripper here. Allow the hardwood floor to dry and try to ensure proper ventilation. Check what kind of wax can be used on your type of floor, the manufacturer should tell you this. Just follow the directions so you can properly apply as many coats as you want.

Applying home floor scrubber is the last and most important step. You will have to use this process so that the wax can sink in properly and the floor can be sealed and shiny. Most people opt to rent or purchase a hardwood floor buffer machine, since it makes the job much easier. You may be interested in knowing that by purchasing the hardwood floor buffer machine, it will pay for itself after just three to four cleanings.